Martin was a jazz pianist.

The 2-5 change in I Wanna Hold Your Hand simply wasn't something the average rock 'n roller kid would do, while at the same time being something that a jazz pianist would do and know well, inserting the Rhythm Changes into a rock song like that, and, of course the Intro 4-6-5 and Ending changes to me are but some of many evidences of Martin's handson work with the group.

Then came the London Symphony.

I don't think that any of four kids from Liverpool would speak up one day and say, "You know what would make this? - A Baroque Concert Piccolo Trumpet Descant!"

And who WROTE that part in Penny Lane that the London Symphony trumpet player played?

Great Arrangements don't just happen by themselves.


--Mac